DIFFERENT METHODS OF CASTING 189 



To get a clearer idea of the angles made by the rod in the 

 backward and forward motions of the side cast, the reader 

 should take Diagrams 8 and 9 as being the horizontal 

 instead of the vertical angles through which the rod passes. 



As accuracy can be obtained by the fisherman when using 

 the side cast, this cast is in my opinion the best and most 

 effective one ; its advantages over the overhead cast are 

 as follows : The rod is certainly less noticeable from the 

 fish's point of view and it can, in the side cast, be used 

 under almost any circumstances. It is the easiest method 

 of getting the fly under bushes, or when casting from under 

 trees, shrubs, etc., and it certainly causes the fly to alight on 

 the water with its wings more perfectly cocked than in the 

 overhead manner. 



The advantage that the overhead cast has over the side 

 cast, is that it gives absolute accuracy and permits the 

 fisherman to raise his line from the water more easily and 

 with greater delicacy, and it is not quite so fatiguing. 



In the side cast, in order to make the backward cast 

 with a fairly long line, the rod has to be first lifted as much 

 as possible, so as to bring the line well to the surface of the 

 water and then brought down to the level in which the 

 side cast has to be made. It has then to be continued 

 into the backward cast, the rod being checked as before 

 stated. This backward movement has to be made in a 

 slightly inclining upward plane. 



THE LOOP CAST FOR THE SINGLE OR DOUBLE HANDED ROD 



The Loop cast of the double or single-handed rod is made 

 when danger exists both behind and to either side of the 

 fisherman, and is sometimes useful when there is a strong 

 wind blowing against the back cast, and when, as a conse- 

 quence of these dangers or difficulties, the line cannot be 

 sent backward or to either side. 



